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Live updates • U.S. urges Americans to reconsider Middle East travel amid regional escalation
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (189+ words) Live updates | The Israeli Spyware Firms Active in Morocco, the French Targets – and NSO Founder's 'Diplomatic' Passport. Kuwait reports fire at power plant after Iranian attack; Bahrain says it intercepted aerial attacks. Kuwait says it is intercepting Iranian missiles and…...
Live updates • For seventh night in a row, U.S. launches strikes on Iranian infrastructure
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (793+ words) Live updates | Iran reports another U.S. strike in south of country. Kuwaiti Army: Intercepting Iranian drone attack. Iranian state TV: Military struck U.S. bases in Kuwait and Jordan...
The most optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem is leaving the country
14+ hour, 52+ min ago (139+ words) Former brain researcher Hagai Agmon-Snir is behind a raft of initiatives to promote tolerance between Israelis and Palestinians, but he now has a one-way ticket to Italy. For him, Israel has become hopeless 'Ideological Emigration': The Most Optimistic Israeli in…...
U.S. to send refueling aircraft to Israel amid Iran escalation fears
15+ hour, 35+ min ago (770+ words) Axios reports Trump is weighing strikes on Iranian power facilities, nuclear sites and a suspected underground facility. Iran's Khamenei adviser Mohsen Rezaei warned that if U.S. attacks continue for several days, Tehran will 'move into a phase of full-scale offensive operations…...
Shin Bet chief demands access to airport facial images database without approval
19+ hour, 4+ min ago (88+ words) Haaretz The request is part of an effort to expand the agency's role in fighting crime. Under current law, however, only immigration authorities can access the images. According to the attorney general, such a demand requires the law to be…...
New poll puts Netanyahu bloc at lowest point yet
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (49+ words) Haaretz Parties outside the coalition – including the 'broad Zionist' party recently founded by Chili Tropper and Yoaz Hendel – would win 72 seats, or 62 excluding Arab parties. However, Tropper and Hendel have not ruled out joining a Netanyahu-led government...
Despite IDF demands, Knesset keeps mandatory military service at 32 months
1+ day, 28+ min ago (97+ words) The head of the IDF Planning Directorate told lawmakers that 'the regular army is reaching the limits of its capacity, and the reserve forces could also be pushed beyond theirs' Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a…...
Andy Burnham declared head of Labour, clearing final hurdle to become U.K. PM
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (137+ words) While Burnham has remained mum on most of his policy priorities, he has often broke with the party line regarding Israel and Gaza. He was one of the first Labour MPs to call for a Gaza cease-fire, and recently apologized…...
U.S. hits more bridges in Iran in an expansion of its airstrike campaign
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (296+ words) In primetime address to the American public, Trump insisted the war was going well, saying U.S. is 'winning big in Iran, and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly' The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against…...
Analysis • Netanyahu hopes political harikari keeps his bloc, and his grip on power, alive
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (117+ words) Haaretz Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format The 25th Knesset concluded its final week of its existence in a manner fully appropriate to its long tenure: by approving a clutch of laws that together…...